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Time for the 'Fox News' button on the Roku remote. Truth Social tweets on your screensaver.

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fred_is_fred 4mo ago
Back when we had things like Dish and cable, I was able to put a "Parental Block" on channels. I used this to hide or remove channels I never watched, but I found it had a secondary benefit when my Texan in-laws visited -- "Sorry, our TV package doesn't include Fox News".
giancarlostoro 4mo ago
Actually, a more likely button might be "Sports" which would either open your preferred sports app (smarter way to do it) and default to Fox Sports, or a "Stream TV" type button that opens up Tubi which is already run by Fox, and surprisingly had decent content on it. I'm not surprised they're going this route, and would not be surprised if News becomes a drastically smaller piece of Fox over the coming years.
- subroutine 4mo ago
  Why would this be more likely? The current remotes already have a Netflix button, a Hulu button, a Sling button and a Disney+ button. Roku sells dedicated buttons on their remotes to the highest bidder.
yndoendo 4mo ago
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- reagan83 4mo ago
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  - pickleglitch 4mo ago
    What's extreme about trying to live your values?
  - nixosbestos 4mo ago
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    - godshatter 4mo ago
      This divide will never heal. I have no idea of how to get either side interested in the idea. I don't see a path to victory from any direction.
      - skilning 4mo ago
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        whatthesmack 4mo ago
        There's no plurality on "the right" that holds the perspectives you're attributing to them. What you've stated is the pristine modern example of propaganda and is exactly why there is no healing.
        deleted 4mo ago
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        deathanatos 4mo ago
        Fine, "the right" is not a solid, well-defined group, and s/the right/the GOP/. What upthread wrote is practically the stated position of the GOP (as much as one can delineate the stated position, since the current platform is literally Trump-rambling style writing, complete with caps-lock style screaming…), and it's the political viewpoint, as best as one can determine, of basically all of the GOP's leadership. Insofar as the party stated that to be their platform via direct statement and the words & actions of their leader, and then set of people we might loosely refer to the collective set as "the right" proceeded to then vote for our current president, that vote becomes an endorsement of that platform. Sure, there might be someone on "the right" who doesn't hold that view, but we're in the exception-proves-the-rule territory, or more commonly it seems these days "the leopards are eating my face".
- willismichael 4mo ago
  I'm impressed that you were able to cancel SiriusXM. I thought that it was set up to cling to people for life, and possibly continue billing their estate after death.
  - tombert 4mo ago
    I think they actually got in trouble with a lawsuit over that? FWIW I canceled my SiriusXM like a year ago and it wasn't too hard. Just a web form.
    - baggachipz 4mo ago
      All they do now is hound you incessantly until the end of time with a rock-bottom price for 6 months.
- naturalmovement 4mo ago
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  - josefritzishere 4mo ago
    Fox is offensive, racist propagandistic garbage though. I get that part.
    - ben4next 4mo ago
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      - Benlovescnn 4mo ago
        Sounds like you watch too much Fox News?
    - Benlovescnn 4mo ago
      Dont forget the lying. They love to lie.
  - account42 4mo ago
    The Filipino call center operator who agreed to make your life worse in return for payment?
  - yndoendo 4mo ago
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- tombert 4mo ago
  When I got my house, I needed to set up internet, and Verizon FIOS was what I went for. I called them to get it set up, and when I suggested the internet dude on the line kept trying to upsell me TV packages. I was polite at first but eventually I said something like "listen, I don't want your 'Movie Lovers' package. I don't want your 'Sports Fan' package. I don't want your 'Family Entertainment' package. I don't want your 'Comedy Lover' package. I just want internet. I do not want anything but internet. If you pitch more more packages I will still only want internet". Admittedly a little rude, but the guy did get the point after that and he was perfectly helpful getting everything set up.
  - baggachipz 4mo ago
    I'm sure they're forced to do that and graded on how many upgrades they sell. Their bosses will even listen on calls and if they don't make all those pitches, they'll get written up or fired. Source: seen it first-person.
    - tombert 4mo ago
      Yeah, I wasn't really upset with the guy for reading his script. I'm sure he was doing what he was trained to do. I figured that if I gave the little diatribe then I kind of figured that he wouldn't get in trouble for just moving on.
    - account42 4mo ago
      But that's only more reason to push back firmly.
- Marsymars 4mo ago
  What's really obnoxious is that that in Canada, you can't get a basic cable bundle without an American Fox News affiliate included.
hightrix 4mo ago
More like, time for Apple TV boxes to replace Roku boxes. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while but had no good reason. Now there is a good reason.
- baggachipz 4mo ago
  It's a much better experience anyway. I've had mine for a couple years and wondered why I didn't do it sooner.
smcg 4mo ago
My Samsung TV sometimes auto-plays Fox when I turn it on. It's very annoying.

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Back when we had things like Dish and cable, I was able to put a "Parental Block" on channels. I used this to hide or remove channels I never watched, but I found it had a secondary benefit when my Texan in-laws visited -- "Sorry, our TV package doesn't include Fox News".

giancarlostoro 4mo ago

Actually, a more likely button might be "Sports" which would either open your preferred sports app (smarter way to do it) and default to Fox Sports, or a "Stream TV" type button that opens up Tubi which is already run by Fox, and surprisingly had decent content on it. I'm not surprised they're going this route, and would not be surprised if News becomes a drastically smaller piece of Fox over the coming years.

subroutine 4mo ago
Why would this be more likely? The current remotes already have a Netflix button, a Hulu button, a Sling button and a Disney+ button. Roku sells dedicated buttons on their remotes to the highest bidder.

yndoendo 4mo ago

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reagan83 4mo ago
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- pickleglitch 4mo ago
  What's extreme about trying to live your values?
- nixosbestos 4mo ago
  [flagged]
  - godshatter 4mo ago
    This divide will never heal. I have no idea of how to get either side interested in the idea. I don't see a path to victory from any direction.
    - skilning 4mo ago
      [flagged]
      - whatthesmack 4mo ago
        There's no plurality on "the right" that holds the perspectives you're attributing to them. What you've stated is the pristine modern example of propaganda and is exactly why there is no healing.
        deleted 4mo ago
        [deleted]
        deathanatos 4mo ago
        Fine, "the right" is not a solid, well-defined group, and s/the right/the GOP/. What upthread wrote is practically the stated position of the GOP (as much as one can delineate the stated position, since the current platform is literally Trump-rambling style writing, complete with caps-lock style screaming…), and it's the political viewpoint, as best as one can determine, of basically all of the GOP's leadership. Insofar as the party stated that to be their platform via direct statement and the words & actions of their leader, and then set of people we might loosely refer to the collective set as "the right" proceeded to then vote for our current president, that vote becomes an endorsement of that platform. Sure, there might be someone on "the right" who doesn't hold that view, but we're in the exception-proves-the-rule territory, or more commonly it seems these days "the leopards are eating my face".
willismichael 4mo ago
I'm impressed that you were able to cancel SiriusXM. I thought that it was set up to cling to people for life, and possibly continue billing their estate after death.
- tombert 4mo ago
  I think they actually got in trouble with a lawsuit over that? FWIW I canceled my SiriusXM like a year ago and it wasn't too hard. Just a web form.
  - baggachipz 4mo ago
    All they do now is hound you incessantly until the end of time with a rock-bottom price for 6 months.
naturalmovement 4mo ago
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- josefritzishere 4mo ago
  Fox is offensive, racist propagandistic garbage though. I get that part.
  - ben4next 4mo ago
    [flagged]
    - Benlovescnn 4mo ago
      Sounds like you watch too much Fox News?
  - Benlovescnn 4mo ago
    Dont forget the lying. They love to lie.
- account42 4mo ago
  The Filipino call center operator who agreed to make your life worse in return for payment?
- yndoendo 4mo ago
  [flagged]
tombert 4mo ago
When I got my house, I needed to set up internet, and Verizon FIOS was what I went for. I called them to get it set up, and when I suggested the internet dude on the line kept trying to upsell me TV packages. I was polite at first but eventually I said something like "listen, I don't want your 'Movie Lovers' package. I don't want your 'Sports Fan' package. I don't want your 'Family Entertainment' package. I don't want your 'Comedy Lover' package. I just want internet. I do not want anything but internet. If you pitch more more packages I will still only want internet". Admittedly a little rude, but the guy did get the point after that and he was perfectly helpful getting everything set up.
- baggachipz 4mo ago
  I'm sure they're forced to do that and graded on how many upgrades they sell. Their bosses will even listen on calls and if they don't make all those pitches, they'll get written up or fired. Source: seen it first-person.
  - tombert 4mo ago
    Yeah, I wasn't really upset with the guy for reading his script. I'm sure he was doing what he was trained to do. I figured that if I gave the little diatribe then I kind of figured that he wouldn't get in trouble for just moving on.
  - account42 4mo ago
    But that's only more reason to push back firmly.
Marsymars 4mo ago
What's really obnoxious is that that in Canada, you can't get a basic cable bundle without an American Fox News affiliate included.

hightrix 4mo ago

More like, time for Apple TV boxes to replace Roku boxes. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while but had no good reason. Now there is a good reason.

baggachipz 4mo ago
It's a much better experience anyway. I've had mine for a couple years and wondered why I didn't do it sooner.

smcg 4mo ago

My Samsung TV sometimes auto-plays Fox when I turn it on. It's very annoying.